IN SEARCH OF THE NEANDERTHALS : Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins
by Gamble, Clive; Stringer, Christopher
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- Hardcover
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- COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500050708
- ISBN 13
- 9780500050705
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New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 1993. 1st American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Fine. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. On ancestry of modern man. In 1856 bones of a possible pre-modern human were found in Neader Valley, Germany. The relationship between the 35,000 year-old low-browed, heavy-limbed creature and man has been much debated since, giving rise to "Multregional 1" versus "Out of Africa 2" schools. Here, English anthropologists Stringer & Gamble argue for the "Out of Africa 2" scenario. 247 pgs w/183 illustrations, in 9 chapters: 1, Who Where the Neanderthals?; 2, The Ice Age World; 3, Neanderthal Beginnings; 4, Portrait of a Neanderthal; 5, Humans at Crossroads: The Middle East Corridor; 6, The Dark Continent & Beyond: The Origin of Homo Sapiens; 7, Archaelogy of the Ancients; 8, The Fate of the Neanderthals; and 9, Close Kin or Distant Relatives?, followed by Epilogue abd Appendix.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019737
- Title
- IN SEARCH OF THE NEANDERTHALS : Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins
- Author
- Gamble, Clive; Stringer, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0500050708
- ISBN 13
- 9780500050705
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Anthropology/Archaeology/Evolution/Homo Sapiens/NEANDERTHALS/SOCIAL SCIENCE
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- Anthropology/Ethnology;
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